Monthly Archives: November 2006

Coming up with a title

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

Book titles is the subject today. My new Civil War anti-war novel in particular as, in the wee hours prior to rising, a few candidates presented themselves. Some novel titles come quickly, as was the case with Deadweight, Walking Wounded, … Continue reading →

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Toni Collette, About a Boy

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

Last night, we viddied About a Boy, a not-too-shabby Hugh Grant flick from 2002.  Give that lad a reasonable script, and all his cute, pained-face, blinky-poo wincing can be forgiven and even, in cases, lauded. Such was this one. The … Continue reading →

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Please sign Boxer petition re Iraq

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

She’d like a million signatures. Go here, please. If you’re not from California, there’s another link on that page, just above where the address info goes. Bring our soldiers home! Robert Devereaux

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Eris, Goddess of Discord

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

I do indeed believe that the way to tie all of my Civil War incidents together–or a principal way I’ll do that (there shall be others)–will be via the Greek Gods, especially Ares the God of War, and Eris, the … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving gratitude

Posted on November 23, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

I’m far more an American Buddhist than a monotheist of any stripe, but I can still express gratitude for my many blessings. To whom, you might ask? That presumes a whom.  A whom, ahem, it presumes.  I prefer the amorphous, … Continue reading →

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Tempted and forever falling

Posted on November 22, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

Said Samuel Beckett, "Habit is a great deadener," and I’m in the habit of citing those words often. Part truth, part excuse. There are always cookies, candy, nuts, all kinds of carbs and sugar at my non-writing place of work.  … Continue reading →

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Lincoln again

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

The Civil War books pile up, my red pen furiously underlining things I can use in the new novel.  I’ve been re-viewed the Ken Burns DVDs, and starting in on Gary Gallagher’s course for The Teaching Company. I’ve also had … Continue reading →

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Using Timelines

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

I mentioned in a previous entry that I’m researching a Civil War novel. Writers face the eternal question, How can I organize the events of my book, especially an ambitious sprawling beast like this one? One time-honored tool, paper or … Continue reading →

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Bill Hicks

Posted on November 15, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

Okay, this guy’s work you must know. Bill Hicks Live Check it out. Here’s the Wikipedia entry, which starts more or less: Hicks is often compared to Lenny Bruce (although he frequently denied knowing much about Bruce’s life or work) … Continue reading →

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Great DVD course in Russian lit

Posted on November 13, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

I’m four lectures into a 36-lecture course on Classics in Russian Literature taught by that lively octogenarian Irwin Weil, a professor emeritus from Northwestern University, and I’m having a ball! Dr. Weil once said: Just because something is imaginary, doesn’t … Continue reading →

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